Receptacle



G. F. MONTAGUE RECEPTACLE Filed Sent. 8. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 LHQU G.F. MONTAGUE REEPTACLE Fild Sent. 8.

1923 2 Sheets-Sheet- 2 GEORGE .'F. MONTAGUE, OF NEW YORK, IN. Y.

RECEP'I'ACLE.

Application flled September 8, 1923. Serial No. 61,546.

To all whom it 'may cmwevm:

Be it known that I, Gnonon F. MONTA- Gun, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the borough of' Manhattan, city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented an Improvement in Recept-acles of Which thefollowing is a specification.

My present invention relates to an improvement in receptacles and moreparticulla-rly to that class of receptacles in Which a unit is providedwith a plurality of compartments or chambers each adapted to receive andhold a commodity or substance and from Which unit any one of thesubstances contained therein may be dispensed therefrom separately. Theinvention therefore is adapted, for example, to serve as a condimentholder for pepper, salt or similar substances, or to serve asI acontainer for different liquids. For example vas a combined cruet forvinegar, oil, or similar liquid substances, or for another example as a.perfume bottle for containing different perfumes which may be kept on adresser.

I am aware that heretofore condiment holders, for example, have beenconstructed so as to include a plurality of compartments. In suchstructures, howeve'r, difiiculty has been experienced in dispensing onearticle Without also causing or permitting more or less of anotherarticle to escape from the holder, and the object of my presentinvention is to overcome this difliculty. In so doing, and in carryingout the invention, the receptacle made in accordance therewith comprisesa body member having a partition dividing the interier thereof .into aplurality of compartments or Chambers, the body member having aplurality of openings corresponding in number With the number ofChambers into Which its interior is divided and the partition Wallbeingr incliued longitudinally of the bod)` member so as to provide apocket into Which the substance whether powdered or liquid in oneChamber is perniitted to flo-\v When the substance from another Chamberis dispensed from the receptacle so as to obviate the possbility of thesubstance in the first Chamber leaving' the receptacle when thesubstance in the second chamber is dispensed therefrom. and thereceptacle made in accordance With my invention Will be hereinafter moreparticularly described.

F ig. 6 is a diagrammatic elevation illustratilng another form of theinvention.

Flg. 7 is a central longitudinal section showing a still further form ofthe inventron.

Fig. 8 is a section on line 8 8, and

Fig. 9 is a section illustratng a modified form of the invention.

Referrng to the drawing and particularly to F igs. 1 and 2, thereceptacle made in accordance With this invention may include a bodymember made of glass, metal or any other similar material and havingside Walls 10, a base or bottom 11 and a top Wall 12. 'In this structurethe side Walls 10 adjacent the upper end of the body are provided Withoppositely disposed screw threaded bosses 13 and 14 making provsion forthe openings 15 and 16. Removably connected to the bosses 13 and 14 aresuitable caps 17 and 18. These caps are Screw threaded to be turned downon the bosses and are preferably provided With a plurality of aperturesthrough which material from the receptacle may be dispensed.

The body member is provided with a partition Wall 19 dividng the sameinto compartments 20 and .'21. The partition wall 19 extends upwardlyfrom the base 11 and approximately midiyay of the longitudinal length ofthe receptacle diyerges in oppositely disposed dircctions toward theopenings 15 and 10. These diyerging portions of the partition wall areindicated at 22 and 23 and are connected by a parl'ition Wall Q1extendng between the same and transyersely to the partition. \vall 19.It \yill be understood that the diyerging' portions of the partitionWall 19 may be curved as indcated in these figure-s of the drawing orinclined in any suitable manner and that the transverse parl'ition wall2-1 may be placed in a substantially central position in the body membcras indicated or otherwise. In any eyent the uartition \valls asillustrated and described provide pockets in the compartments Fig. 7,

of the receptacle to permit the -lmaterial placed in one pocket. forexample, to assuine a position distant from the opening in said pocketWhen it is desircd to obtain a quantity of material froin the otherpocket.

Merely for the sake of illustration'` it mayV of the normal position ofthe materials placed in the compartments. Assuming furthermore that itis desired to obtain a quantity of salt the shaker is placed in aposition in Which the opening 15 leading from the compartment 20 is.lowermost with the opening 16 leading 'from the compartment 21uppermost. In this position the salt will flow to the opening 15 andobtained through the cap 17 by shaking the receptacle, whereas thepepper in the compartment 21 will assuine a position approximatelyindicated by the line 27 so that there is little, if any, likelihood ofany of the pepper being shaken through the cap 18. In a siinilar mannerwhen it is desired to obtain pepper from the compartment 21 the shakeris held in the opposite position and the salt in the compartment 20assumes a position approximately indicated by the dotted line 26 so thatthat portion of the salt adjacentV the opening in the salt compartmentis removed from the opening and there is little, if any, likelihood of.any salt being shaken therefrom.

Referring to Figs. 3, 4 and', the receptacle made in accordance with myinvention is one in Which the openings to the compartments are at theupper end and 'the device is provided With caps through Which thematerials contained in the several coinpartments may be separatelydispensed. In these figures of the drawing the side Walls of thereceptacle are indicated at 28. The bottom of the receptacle isindicated at 29 and the upper open end of the receptacle is indicated at30. In this instance the interior of the receptacle is provided With apartition' Wall 30, the upper ends thereof being inclined as indicatedat 32 and 33 and connectedby a partition Wall 34 extending between thesame in a position transverse to the partition 'Wall 31, the inclinedportions 32 and 33 of the partition wall extending into the reduced endor neck of the receptacle and the transverse partition wall 34 extendingto the outer end of the neck so that the edge thereof is substantiallyfiush with the, edge or outer end of the `neck. These partition Wallsdivide the interior of the receptacle into compartments indicated at 35and 30.

In this structure I employ a cap 37 which may be made of metal or anyother suitable material and is adapted to fit over the neck of thercceptacle. Interiorly the cap is provided with a transverse rib 38, theinner edge of Which is recessed as indicated at 39 so as to receive theupper end of the transverse partition wall 34, and the end portions ofthe transverse rib 38 are notched as indicated at 40 to receive theouter end of the neck of the receptacle when the cap member 37 is placedin position thereon. The cap 37 is held in position on the neck of thebottle by means of a suitable ring or otherwise. As indicated in thesefigures of the drawing I employ a screiv threaded ring 41 adapted toengage a shoulder -12 on the cap 37 and also to engage the adjaeentscrew threaded portion 43 Von the outer surface of the body of thereceptacle. The cap 37 in suitable oppositely disposed positions isprovided with series of apertures indicated at 44 and 45, the formerwhen the cap is in position making it possible to shake pepper or saltor other similar powdered material from the compartment 35 in thereceptacle and the latter making it possible to shake material from thecompartment 36 of the receptacle.

By reference to Fig. 6, it Will be seen that in some instances,particularly Where the material to be used is especially light and fineit may be advisable to employ a modified form of partition wallconstruction. In this instance` the lower or inner end of the partitionWall is shown at 46 and the curved or inclined portion thereof at 47 and.48. These inclined portions 47 and 48 of the partition Wall extendapproximately to theneck of the receptacle and are connected by thetransverse partition Wall 49 which is similar to the structureshereinbefore described. In this nstance, however, there is an additionalpartition Wall 50 substantially parallel to the lower portion of thepartition Wall 46 and consequently transverse to the partition Wall 49,and in addition there are talso partition walls 51 and 52, the formerextending from the outer end of the inclined portion 47 of thepartitionWall 46 to the partition Wall 50 and the latter in a correspondingposition relatively to the inclined portion 48 of the partition wall 46and the partition wall 50, it being understood that the inner edges ofthe partition walls 51 and 52 are `connected to the adjacent portions ofthe partition Wall 49. In this instance the receptacle is divided by thepartition Walls into compart-ments 53 and 54, and the cap member 55 isprovided with a transverse recessed rib to receive the upper end of thepartition Wall 50 and also with sets of apertures indicated at 56 and 57from which respectively material from the compartments 53 and 54 may beshaken.

It will be understood that the invention in the present case is notlimited to a receptaclc adapted for use as a condiment shaker, becauseobviously it may be einployed as a receptacle for cologne, toilet wateror other liqnid substanccs. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8 when therecep-tacle is adapted to contain liqnid substances the same may be madeof suitable material to comprise side walls 58, a bottom or base 59 anda top wall 60. In this instance the interior of the receptacle isprovided with a partition wall 61 placed transversely therein and havinginclined portions 62 and 63 dividing the receptacle into compartmentsindicated at`64= and 65. In this structure the upper portion of the bodyis provided with openings 66 and 67 adapted to receive stoppers 68 and69 which, as will be understood7 may be ground in the openings 66 and 67to make the st-oppers tight in instances where this is necessary. Theopening 66 in this construction forms an outlet from the compartment 64and the opening` 67 an outlet from the comp'artment 65. It will beunderstood, of course, that the article shown in Figs. 7 and 8 may beutilized for toilet water, as hereinbefore stated, or for oil andvinegar or for various other and obvious purposes.

The various forms of the invention as hereinbefore described havereferred merely to a reiceptacle divided by the partition walls into twocompartments, but it is to be understood that the invention is in nowise so limited as the number of compartments may -be increased ifdesired. For example, as shown in Fig. 9, the receptacle may comprise abody member having side walls 69 and theinterior thereof divided, forexample, into three compartments by partition walls 70, 71 and` 72. Insuitable positions the wall 69 in this structure may be provided withbosses 73, 74:, '75 titted respectively with caps 76, 77 and 78 throughwhich material contained in any compartment may be dispensed withoutremoving.

the material contained in either of the other compartments. It will beunderstood in this structure that the partition walls may be providedwith curved or inclined portions similar to those shown and described inconnection with the other forms of the invention and for the same 1:urpose,.namely to provide pockets into which material in the compartmentother than that from which it is desired to obtain material arepermitted to flow to enable the user to ol tatin material from any onecompartment without obtaining material from any of the others.

In some instances the objects of my inventon may be attained by the useof a straight or snbstantially straight partition wall placed in asuitable position either longitudinally and centrally disposed or at anine-lination to the longitudinal axis of the receptacle and extendingfrom one end thereof to the other in which event the pocket feature isprovided by placing the openings from which the materials from thecoinpartments may be dispensed in oppositely disposed positions adjacentthe opposite sides of the partition wall, that is to say the dispensingapertures in one compartmcnt are placed adjacent the edge of thepartition wall at one side thereof and the corresponding openings fromthe other compartment are placed adjacent the opposite edge of thepartition wall and on the opposite side thereof.

I claim as my invention:

l. receptacle of the class described comprising a body member, apartition wall extendmg interiorly across the body member and for anappreciable distance from one end thereof, a second partition wallextending across the body member at the other end thereof transvei'selyand at substantially right angles to the aforesaid partition wall, andinclined partition walls extending from and formngl continuations of thefirst aforesaid partition Wall and connecting the same With the secondaforesaid partition wall to divide the interior of the body member intocompartments and to form a pocket forming part of each compartment andinto whichl material in one compartment is adapted to flow when materialfrom another compartment is dispensed from its own compartment.

2. A receptacle of the class described comprising a body member havingoppositely disposed discharge openings adjacent one end thereof, apartiton wall extending transversely across the body member interiorlythereof and for an appreciable distance from the other end thereof, asecond partition wall extending transversely across the dischargeopening end of the body member and at substantially right angles to thefirst aforesaid partition wall, and inclined \rallsbranching 'andextending from the first aforesaid partition wall and connecting thesame with the second aforesaid partition wall for dividing` the interiorof the body member into compartments and forming a pocket in eachcompartment adjacent the discharge opening` in the other compartment sothat when material is discharged from one compartment the material inthe other compartment tlows into the pocket therein and away from thedischarge opening thereof.

3. A receptacle of the class described comprising a body member havingdischarge openings adjacent the top thereof and in oppositely disposedpositions, a partition wall extending transversely across the interiorof the body member and extending an appreciable distance from the lowerend thereof, a second partition wall extending transversely across theupper end of the compartment between the discharge openings in the bod'member and' at substantially right ang es to the aforesaid partitionwall, and inclnedV walls forming extensions of the first aforesaidpartition wall and connect` ing the same with the second aforesaidpartition wall to divide the interior of the body I member into twocompartments each having contained in the body member may be dispenSed,a partitionwall extendinfr transversely across the interior of the bodymember an appreciable distance from the lower end thereof, a secondpartition wall extending vacross the body member in the upper portionthereof at substantially right' angles to the aforesaidv partition wall,inclned walls forming extensions of the first aforesaid partition' walland connecting the same with the second aforesaid partition wall, athird partition wall substantially parallel with the first aforesaidpartition wall and p extending from the upper end of the secondaforesaid partitionlwall'to the open end of the body member, and inclnedwalls extending between and connecting the lower portion v`of'thethirdaforesaid partition wall and theupper ends of the said inclnedwalls to divide the interior of the body member into two compartmentseach having a pocket therein adjacent the open end thereof in order thatwhenvmaterial is dispensed from one compartment the material in theother compartment flows-into the pocket associated therewith and awayfrom the' discharge opening thereof.

5. A receptacle of the class described comprising a body memberhaving'an open neck at the upper end thereof, means for closing the openend of the neck of the body member, a partitionV wall extending acrossthe interior of the body member an appreciable distance from the lowerend thereof, a second partition wall extending across the interior ofthe body member directly below the neckthereof in a transverse positionat Vsubstantially right angles to' the first aforesaid partition wall,inclned walls forming eX- i tensions of the first aforesaid partitionwall and connecting the same with the second aforesaid partition wall, athird partition wall substantiallyv arallel to the first aforelsaidpartition Wal extending from the upper end of the second aforesaidpartition wall and transversely across the neck of the body member, andinclned walls extending from the lower portions of the third aforesaidpartition wall to the upper ends of the aforesaid inclned walls formingcompartments within the body member and the neck thereof with a pocketin each compartment so that when material is dispensed from onecompartment the material in the other compartment flows into the pocketthereof and away from its discharge opening.

6. A receptacle of the class described comprising a body member havingan open neck at the upper end thereof, a cap fitting over the neck ofthe body member for closing the same and provided With spaced dischargeopenings therein, means for securing the cap in position on the neck ofthe body member, ribs extending transversely across the interior of thecap, a partiton wall extendin across the interior of the body member anextending an appreciable distance from the lower end thereof, a secondpartition wall extending across the interior of the body member directlybelow the neck thereof in a transverse position at substantially rightangles to the first aforesaid parttion wall, inclned walls formingextenslons of the first aforesaid partition wall and connecting the samewith the second aforesaid partition wall, a third partition wallsubstantially parallel to the first aforesaid partition wall extendingfrom the upper end of the second aforesaid partition wall andtransversely across the neck of the body member and at its lupper edgeextending between the transverse ribs of the said cap, and inclned Wallsextending from the lower portions of the third aforesaid partition wallto the upper ends of the aforesaid inclned Walls formin compartmentsWithin the body member an the neck thereof with a pocket in eachcompartment so that when material is dispensed from one compartment thematerial in the other compartment flows into the pocket thereof and awayfrom its discharge opening.

7. A receptacle of the class described comprising a body member havingan open neck at the upper end thereof, a cap fittmg over the neck of thebody member for closing the same and provided with spaced dischargeopenings therein, a ring extending over a flange on the cap and adaptedto engage the walls of the body member exteriorly thereof to maintainthe cap in position on the neck, ribs extending transversely across theinterior of the cap, a partition Wall extending across the interior ofthe body member an appreciable distance from the lower end thereof, asecond partition wall extending walter:

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ing from the lower portions of the third aforeseid partition Wall to theupper ends of theI aforesaid inclined Walls forming compm'tments withinthe body member end the neoh thereot' with n }pocket in enoh oompnrtmentso that when mater-int is dispensed from one competrtment the mftterinlin the other eompartment flows into the pocket thereof and away from itsdischarge opening.

Signed by me this 27th day of August, 1923.

GEORGE F. MONTAGIUUE.

